Gestational weight gain at the national, regional, and income group levels based on 234 national household surveys from 70 low-income and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT: Gestational weight gain (GWG) estimates enable the identification of populations of women at risk for adverse outcomes. We described GWG distribution in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Demographic and Health Surveys and other national surveys were used to calculate the average GWG by regressing the weight of pregnant women (15-49 years) at the time of the interview on their gestational age, adjusting for sociodemographic factors. A mixed-effects hierarchical model was built with survey-specific GWG as the dependent variable and restricted cubic splines for survey year, super-region, and country-level covariates (total fertility rate, gross domestic product, and average female body mass index) to predict the national, regional, and income level average GWG in 2020. Uncertainty ran

SUBMITTER: Costa JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11373806 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature